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s0nicfan posted...

I doubt very many people truly learn a second language from taking foreign language courses in school. The best way to learn is to be immersed in it, which is one of the reasons why the places that tend to be multilingual tend to be relatively small countries directly next to countries that speak completely different language. Large and isolated countries tend to be monolingual simply because there's no need.

This. I'm bilingual, and I learned both languages primarily from being around it all the time. You just start copying words and expressions you hear, and you're practicing it in a daily basis. I took French as a third language for 3 years, and I'm no where close to fluency.